Just two days later, Claudia and Illidan had made their way into the Forest.

Originally, the outer part of the forest was still very lush, but as the two of them went deeper, not only did the trees quickly wither and turn yellow, but the various deformed monsters they encountered also increased.

These monsters are varied: giant treemen with purple skin, large spiders with green bodies, and bears with blood-red eyes that attack everything wildly, but what hurts Claudia the most is the corruption of some squirrels, rabbits, and fawns, and the little creatures that she was able to live in harmony with in the Temple of the Moon some time ago, when their eyes are white, their skin is full of festering marks, and many muscles and bones are still exposed.

These critters did not actively attack humans after they died, and Claudia did not let Illidan help these critters to free them, after all, half of her soul came from a free era, so she would rather endure the misfortune of seeing these critters than intend to impose her ideas on others to do additional things. In the past two days, the girl has not made a move in order not to arouse the demon's idea, and the occasional use of the holy light is just to bless Illidan, and the girl will control the amount of summoned holy light as much as possible to just enough to bless it.

"Why, why is there so much corruption here?" At nightfall, Claudia finally couldn't help but ask Illidan that the only thing she had seen in Ash Valley was the withering of the forest, but the animals were not too affected, and the forest of Feywood was almost hell.

Illidan glanced at the girl and said, "There is a powerful demon lord here, who is holding a powerful artifact, trying to completely pollute the entire forest, and as the pollution of the forest deepens, he can gradually widen a demon gate, and then summon more and more powerful demons." I've avoided a lot of demons in the past two days, so all you've seen are corrupted animals and plants. ”

"It would be nice if I could find a way to stop all this, but it's a pity that I don't even dare to use the holy light now, even if I can use the holy light, I guess I can't beat that demon lord." The girl said gloomily, she once again felt her own powerlessness, as for Illidan's combat power, it was not counted by the girl at all, and she couldn't bring him into danger because of herself.

"Actually---。" Illidan stopped talking, and after the girl's eyes looked at him, he said, "Maybe we can find a way to kill that demon lord." ”

Claudia sighed: "How can it be so simple, the demon lord with the artifact, plus a large number of demon armies, this is not something that the two of us can fight." ”

Illidan didn't say anything more, he had already said too much, and the blonde girl rubbed her eyes with her hand, and pulled out a blanket from the package on horseback to wrap herself, and thanked Illidan: "Although I know that you don't need sleep, I still appreciate that you helped me keep vigil for the past two days, thank you, Illidan." ”

Illidan was expressionless, and the blonde girl had long been accustomed to his appearance, in her opinion, Illidan was an elf who was not good at interpersonal relationships, and then the girl did not think much about it, and took the silver hand in her arms and wrapped her blanket in her back to Illidan and lay down trying to sleep, Illidan jumped on a large tree and rested against the trunk.

Although Claudia's strength has already reached the elite level, the girl still needs to rest normally, she is a little unaccustomed to sleeping in front of another man, but she has no choice, and if there is really any problem, the silver hand will wake her up in time. Soon, the girl used the tactics of the army to regulate her breathing, and soon fell asleep.

Illidan looked at the sleeping girl from the tree, and his heart was full of thoughts, the reason why he subdued the guide and took the mark of Tyrande, in addition to trying to trick the sentinels into leaving, had other plans, and this girl was originally an important part of his plan, he would never do useless things such as being a guide for the girl for no reason.

But now, thinking of the plan to be carried out tomorrow and the fate of the girl in front of him, Illidan hesitated, for the past ten thousand years, almost every member of his clan looked at him with hatred or fear, and only the human girl of the foreign race in front of him not only really regarded him as a normal person, but also trusted and grateful him, he remembered again what the girl had said: "There is no good or evil in power, believe me, as long as you have a bright heart, you will be accepted by your compatriots sooner or later." ”

Can it really be accepted?

Illidan had a glimmer of hope burning in his heart, and he had been looking forward to proving himself to Tyrande, and even Malfurion. Then, when he remembered the expression on the other side when he saw Malfurion for the first time in 10,000 years in prison, his heart became cold again.

Time passed quickly, six hours later, before dawn, Claudia got up, the two mounted and began to move, on the way today, Claudia felt the presence of more and more demons around her, Illidan could no longer avoid all demons, and killed some demons that looked like night elves, but with legs of mutton and horns, Illidan called this demon Sartre.

After arriving at a location, Illidan asked the girl to stop and said that she was going to get some pure water, Claudia did not doubt it, but thanked her as usual: "Thank you, Illidan, I really thank you for taking care of me these days." ”

Facing the girl's thanks, Illidan's figure as he was about to turn away suddenly stopped, then clenched his fists and his arms suddenly trembled.

"What's wrong with you? Is it that you don't feel well without rest these days? "Claudia is a little strange, I just saw that this guy Zai Sat is still alive and well, and now what's going on.

"I'm sorry." Illidan turned his back to the girl and his expression was not clear, his arms were no longer trembling, and he said with a little relief in his voice: "I originally planned to use you as bait. ”

"Bait? What do you mean? The girl's voice was filled with doubt.

"Yes, I'm going to lure the demons over and force you to make a move, and then the light when you fight will attract more demons nearby." Illidan continued.

"Why are you doing this! Then why are you telling me the truth again? The girl's voice was tinged with anger at first, then with questioning.

"Because in the past 10,000 years, only you have looked at me without fear and hatred, and only you have said thank you to me, I don't want to deceive you." The moral boulder in Illidan's heart finally let go, but then he felt a little lost in his heart, and finally, even the only person in front of him who was willing to believe in him was going to spit on him like the rest of his people, but he didn't regret telling the woman in front of him the truth.

Illidan waited for the anger of the girl behind him, but he didn't wait, and the girl behind him was silent for a long time and then whispered, "I have forgiven you now." ”

What the?! Illidan said incredulously, "Why aren't you angry? ”

"Of course I'm angry." The blonde girl said, "But when I got angry, I forgave you when I thought that you had made the right choice after all, and Illidan, you are a kind person." ”

"Kindness?" Illidan turned to look at the girl, what he did didn't match kindness.

A look of nostalgia flashed in the girl's eyes: "In my former hometown, there was a man named Kant who once said that it is better to be kind than to do a good thing according to one's own wishes, and to overcome the desire to do something bad. Because it is only when you have evil thoughts in your heart that doing good can truly become a 'choice' for you. Please also remember the struggles in your heart today and always choose the side of kindness and light. ”

"Thank you." Illidan said gratefully, a slight tremor in his voice.

"You're welcome, it's over." Claudia laughed, then continued, "Why do you need me as a decoy, can you elaborate?" ”

"I want to seize the artifact of the demon lord I mentioned to you yesterday, and then use the power of the artifact to kill the demon lord Tikdios, these days Tikdios did not take that powerful artifact with him, and that artifact was used by a group of satyrs and another powerful demon, Bainholler, to corrupt this forest and expand the portal, so I wanted you to use it as bait to lure away some demons for me to start."

"Wait, you said you could take the artifact and kill that demon lord? Are you sure? The girl's expression became serious.

"I'm sure, but that puts you in danger." Illidan heard the meaning of the girl's words and hesitated.

"If we don't have to delay too long, maybe we can try it." Claudia gritted her teeth and said, she has seen too many sins caused by this demon lord in the past two days, and the more demon armies that pour in after the demon lord expands the portal, the slimmer the hope of victory for the coalition army becomes, since Illidan is sure, she should give it a try.

I really didn't expect that after all this, she still chose to believe me.

Illidan looked at the girl in front of him and was a little moved, but he no longer hesitated and said: "You only need to lure away half of the demons for a minute or so, it won't even take that long, I promise that I will support you as soon as possible after getting the artifact." ”

"Okay." The blonde girl agreed.

Later, in order to ensure that the plan was not mistaken, Illidan first went to scout the terrain in detail and formulate the girl's course of action, and the Silver Hand said to the blonde girl: "What you just said about kindness is really philosophical and impresses me. ”

Claudia replied with some sympathy: "I just don't want to see him despair, in the past few days, I can feel that he is not a bad person, but his methods have been misunderstood." But if he is not understood by others, he is likely to become more and more radical in despair and eventually go astray. ”

The Silver Hand agreed: "Yes, you are doing the right thing, and giving warmth and hope to the hearts of others is the most important thing. ”